GUISE, HENRY I — third Duke of, son of Francis; the murder of his father added fresh zeal to his inborn hatred of the Protestants, and throughout his life he persecuted them with merciless rigour; he was a party to the massacre of St. Bartholomew (1572); his… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Guise, House of — A branch of the House of Lorraine, descended from a younger son of René II of Lorraine. Claude de Lorraine, first duke de Guise (1496 1550), born in Condé sur Moselle, served francis i, was wounded at Marignan, and suppressed a jacquerie… … France. A reference guide from Renaissance to the Present
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